“I believe in free enterprise, and I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more,” Romney wrote in the op-ed. Sen. Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, during a Senate Budget Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. “Yes, taxes can slow growth,” Romney wrote. “Even rational Republicans agree, because they’re looking at the numbers.”Read the entire op-ed from Romney here.

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NASCAR legend and family killed in fiery plane crash Former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle died when a small plane crashed and caught fire during landing at the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina on Thursday, family and officials say.

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PoliticsWhat Trump tried to do with his Oval Office speechDecember 19, 2025 | 11:49 PM GMTPresident Donald Trump delivered fast-paced, campaign-style remarks from the White House on Dec. 17. Then, a high-profile Vanity Fair profile of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles revealed her disparaging assessments of the president’s Cabinet. And it’s unclear if the fast-paced, campaign-style remarks from the White House achieved Trump’s goal of reconnecting with voters on the economy. So how is the White House dealing with these divisions on the right? Host Colby Itkowitz sits down with Dan Merica, co-anchor of the Early Brief newsletter, and White House reporter Natalie Allison to recap it all.

The two US service members killed in Syria were identified this week as Sgt. Both soldiers were assigned to the Iowa National Guard’s 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division. Three additional Iowa National Guard members were wounded in the attack and evacuated for further medical treatment. “Our priority right now is supporting the families of our fallen and wounded soldiers,” Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborne, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, previously said in a statement. “The entire Iowa National Guard grieves for this terrible loss, and we stand together to support the soldiers and their families.”Roughly 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers began deploying to the Middle East earlier this year as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a release from Gov.

Dileep RaiRai will lead an invitation-only group of senior executives focused on AI, cloud ERP, and building resilient, intelligent supply chains. This group will focus on sharing proven, real-world practices for building resilient and intelligent supply chains.” — Dileep Kumar Rai, Manager, Oracle Cloud Technology, HBGCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, December 19, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Dileep Kumar Rai, Manager, Oracle Cloud Technology at Hachette Book Group (HBG), has been selected by Forbes Technology Council to lead its newly formed Supply Chain Group. Forbes Technology Council Groups are invitation-only, expert-led virtual communities that bring together senior technology executives to exchange insights and best practices. The Group is available exclusively to members of Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community composed of CIOs, CTOs, and senior technology leaders across industries. “It’s an honor to welcome Dileep Kumar Rai as the new head of the Supply Chain Group,” said John-Mark Davidson, Director of Member Connections for Forbes Councils.

After about four hours, the pain decreased, and he was sent home with medicine to treat nausea and vomiting. The medical procedureKruzic underwent bloodwork and a CT scan of his abdomen during his ER visit for acute abdominal pain. The billing problemThis September, Kruzic received a bill for his pepper-induced ER visit in 2023. Anticipating a bill, Kruzic repeatedly checked the hospital’s online portal, as well as that of his insurer, UnitedHealthcare. Ask The Post AI Dive deeperBut in medical billing, what’s legal and what’s reasonable are two very different issues.

LOS ANGELES — Puka Nacua's comments about NFL officiating came with a cost — and not just the distraction the controversy caused the Rams before their overtime defeat by the Seattle Seahawks. The NFL fined the Rams receiver $25,000 for public remarks he made about NFL officiating, the league confirmed Friday. "After the loss to the Seahawks, Nacua appeared to double down. Coach Sean McVay said during his postgame news conference that he had not seen Nacua's post to X. In regard to Nacua's criticism of officials during the livestream, McVay said, "Yeah, we don't want to do that."

The party will have consolidated control of state government once the General Assembly convenes Jan. 14 and Spanberger is sworn in three days later. But Spanberger and other Democrats — backed by nonpartisan legislative budget analysts — argue that Republican policies have teed up an uncertain outlook. Youngkin vetoed such a bill this year. Youngkin vetoed similar bills this year. This is another measure Youngkin vetoed this year.

President Donald Trump ordered the suspension of the U.S. green-card lottery program on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem said. “The violence is not a function of our immigration system. Supporters have held the lottery up as an example of what the immigration system should look like: bringing skilled people into the country from every corner of the world. “Because one visa lottery recipient committed a crime, therefore all of them represent a danger, is discriminatory animus. One client, an Afghan doctor, won the visa lottery in 2024.

Trump called the prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia last week and later announced on his Truth Social platform that the two sides had once again agreed to a ceasefire. All this comes as signs that Trump’s proudest accomplishment, his 20-point peace plan for ending the war in Gaza, appears to have stalled. But so far, no country has been willing to put up troops for the international force meant to disarm Hamas. Trump has delayed the announcement of his “Board of Peace,” meant to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction, until next year. The Ukraine war is itself the product of entering into flimsy peace agreements and not following through.

“Stanford computer science graduates are struggling to find entry-level jobs” with the most prominent tech brands, said Jan Liphardt, associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. “I think that’s crazy.”While the rapidly advancing coding capabilities of generative AI have made experienced engineers more productive, they have also hobbled the job prospects of early-career software engineers. Eylul Akgul graduated last year with a degree in computer science from Loyola Marymount University. It wasn’t just software engineers, but also customer service and accounting jobs that were highly exposed to competition from AI. Stanford students say they are arriving at the job market and finding a split in the road; capable AI engineers can find jobs, but basic, old-school computer science jobs are disappearing.

Though news coverage indicates that only questions of territory remain unresolved, Ukraine’s red lines cannot be found on maps. Bitter recent history has taught that what matters is not where the ceasefire lines are drawn, but what happens afterward. It has been reported that the United States is prepared to offer Ukraine legally binding security guarantees. But no Western army is going to storm a town in eastern Ukraine to evict Russian troops after the fact. This war ends only when Putin accepts that Ukraine is lost to Russia — that its future is independent, sovereign and European.